Chapter 29: The Year of the Dragon Club

At night, Jin Jingcheng was reading a stack of magazines in his bedroom.

These are all entertainment magazines in Korea in recent years, including movies, dramas, music, variety shows, fashion, and other aspects.

Check these, not because Kim Jingcheng is curious about those messy entertainment news, but because he wants to have a deeper understanding of South Korea's entertainment trends in recent years.

Although Jin Jingcheng knew the Korean entertainment industry very well in his previous life, when it comes to reality, he still needs to keep learning, so as to ensure his Korean entertainment career.

He is preparing, because he has decided that he will officially enter the Korean entertainment industry soon.

Time waits for no man!

What's more, Kim has been waiting for this day for too long!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door in his ears, a very rhythmic knock on the door, and from this rhythm, Kim was able to tell that the person was Kim Jong Kook.

It's funny to say, Kim Jong Kook, a muscular man, often seems gentle in the details of life, as far as knocking on the door is concerned, his strength is clearly very strong, but the knocking sound has a very soft feeling.

After Jin Jingcheng opened the door, Jin Zhongguo said with some embarrassment: "I didn't bother you so late, did you?"

Jin Jingcheng shook his head with a smile and asked a little curiously, "Didn't you go to record "X-man" tonight?"

Kim Jong Kook said: "The recording has been completed, and today's recording is relatively smooth, and it is relatively fast." ”

Jin Jingcheng smiled and asked, "Is it a match with Miss Yoon Eun-hye again this time?"

Prior to this, Kim Jong Kook had already recorded "X-man" twice, the 14th and 15th episodes, and they were all paired with Yoon Eun-hye in the selection of couples.

Kim Jong Kook's face suddenly turned flushed.

Jin Jingcheng was secretly funny, but he knew that the scandalous relationship between these two people would extend to eleven years later, and at the same time he was a little confused, feeling that if Kim Jong Kook and Yoon Eun Hye, the most classic couple in the history of Korean variety shows, really couldn't be together in the future, it would inevitably be a pity, and it would also make many fans who have followed them for ten years feel sorry.

Seeing that Jin Zhongguo was silent, Jin Jingcheng didn't joke anymore, and asked instead: "Is there something wrong with Brother Zhong Guo's looking for me?"

Kim Jong Kook reacted at this time, patted his head, and said: "I almost forgot, let's go, I will have a supper with a few friends at night, and I will introduce them to you, they are all in the entertainment industry, maybe I can help you in the future." ”

Jin Jingcheng subconsciously said: "You are so strict with your diet, you have to fast for a few hours before going to bed at night, let alone eat supper, you rarely participate in the company's evening parties on weekdays, what's wrong tonight?"

Kim Jong Kook said: "Tonight is different, a few are my best friends. ”

Hearing this, Jin Jingcheng had already faintly thought of something.

"Could it be them?"

While thinking to himself, Jin Jingcheng followed Kim Jong Kook into the night.

Half an hour later, the two came to a barbecue restaurant and walked into a box on the second floor, in the process, Kim Jong Kook covered his face with a hat, not wanting to be discovered by the guests on the first floor, so as not to cause unnecessary harassment, and now his career can be said to be rejuvenated, and "A Man" is being sung in the streets and alleys.

In fact, when the two walked into the barbecue restaurant, it was "A Man" playing on the stereo in the store.

The quiet night, the delicious aroma of meat, the intimate couple, accompanied by the delicate and profound "A Man", while eating barbecue and drinking Korean soju, while talking about love, it is really a unique taste in my heart.

As soon as he walked into the box and looked at a few people inside, Jin Jingcheng suddenly realized that his previous speculation was correct, no wonder Kim Jong Guoda was in a hurry to run out for supper at night.

Tonight's gathering is the Year of the Dragon Club.

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The entertainment industry is often very cruel.

This is especially true in the Korean entertainment industry, because there is less meat and more wolves, and the fierce competition for survival is dictated.

Therefore, there are not many really solid friends in the Korean entertainment industry, don't look at some people who are very friendly on TV, maybe when recording the show, the camera will look at each other angrily, even if some group groups that have practiced their debut struggle together, they often part ways later because of various interests, and even become enemies.

Fortunately, everything is not absolute, and there are always unexpected situations.

Fortunately, no matter how cruel society is, there will be some beautiful flowers of friendship blooming.

The Year of the Dragon Club is a very famous friendship group in the Korean entertainment industry, and it is so famous that when the topic of friendship is mentioned in some programs, this group is often avoided.

Rao is like this, the Year of the Dragon Club has also suffered setbacks and damaged friendships.

The so-called Year of the Dragon Club is a small group formed by several men born in 1976 in the Korean entertainment industry, because 1976 is the Year of the Dragon, and these people are all dragons, so it is called the Year of the Dragon Club.

The Year of the Dragon Club initially had seven members, namely Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Jong-kook, Jang Hyuk, Hong Kyung-min, Hong Kyung-in, Cho Seong-mo, and Yoo Seung-jun, and the core members were Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Jong-kook, and Jang Hyuk.

In 2002, Yoo Seung-jun had a military service incident that shocked South Korea, and since then he has withdrawn from the Year of the Dragon club.

There are some male stars in the Korean entertainment industry who try their best to evade South Korea's military service policy, and the end is often miserable, especially Liu Chengjun in 2002.

At that time, Liu Chengjun was a very popular rapper in South Korea, because he did not want to serve in the military, he was willing to give up his Korean nationality to apply for a green card in the United States to evade military service, which caused the anger of the whole country, and the South Korean government issued a "blocking order" for this, completely expelling Liu Chengjun, and he was not allowed to enter South Korea again.

Although this incident is related to Liu Chengjun's personal patriotic qualities, there are also some other factors.

The year of Liu Chengjun's military service happened to be 2002 after 911 in the United States, the United States' immigration policy for foreigners was tightened, and Liu Chengjun's parents and wife were Korean-Americans, so at that time, whether he wanted to serve in the military or not, he had to apply for a green card, otherwise he would be separated from his wife.

In addition, at that time, Liu Chengjun's economic company contract required him to release two records a year, otherwise he would have to pay liquidated damages.

The combination of immigration policies, pressure from his parents, his wife, and his brokerage company, as well as Yoo's lack of a clear understanding of South Korea's military service, led to his military service.

Since then, Liu Chengjun has not been able to step into South Korea, so that in 2015, Liu Chengjun was really helpless, in a live broadcast program in Hong Kong, kneeling down to apologize and repentance to South Korea, but he was still accused and even insulted by the South Korean people, which shows the serious impact of this incident and the potential indifference of the South Korean public.

After the incident of Liu Chengjun's military service, the attitudes of the two members of the Year of the Dragon Club were divided. One is Kim Jong Kook, Kim Jong Kook resolutely continues to treat Liu Chengjun as a friend, thinking that even if a brother makes a mistake, a brother is a brother, and the other is Cao Chengmo, Cao Chengmo objected to this, and even publicly stated that he drew a line with Liu Chengjun.

Regarding this matter, I can't say who is right and who is wrong, it's just a matter of personal character, Kim Jong Kook is very righteous and does not give up his brother easily, Cao Chengmo is also a person who attaches great importance to friendship, and he is very gentle, he can be regarded as kind, he thinks that Liu Chengjun did something wrong in this matter, since he did it wrong, it is natural for him to choose the practice of protecting himself.

In the end, Cha Tae-hyun, Jang Hyuk, Hong Kyung-min and others, who stood on a neutral standpoint, chose to stand on Kim Jong Kook's side, and Cho Seong-mo withdrew from the Year of the Dragon Club.

Since then, the stable members of the Year of the Dragon Club have become Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Jong-guk, Jang Hyuk, Hong Kyung-min, and Hong Kyung-in.

And tonight, when Kim Jingcheng walked into the box, he was surprised to find that four people except Kim Jong Kook were present.

With the addition of Kim Jong Kook, the Year of the Dragon Club is complete!